[Distutils] python setup.py develop and extras

[Chris Withers]

On 06/11/2012 12:23, Daniel Holth wrote:
> On Nov 6, 2012, at 6:47 AM, Chris Withers<chris at python.org>  wrote:
>
>> On 05/11/2012 20:32, Daniel Holth wrote:
>>> Extras are just an alias for a set of dependencies. After you run
>>> setup.py develop on package, just "pip install package[docs,testing]"
>>
>> it's pyramid, and I want to do setup.py develop [docs,testing]
>
> It's no longer fashionable to have a project's build script reach out and install its own dependencies. If you want a one-liner try pip install -e . pyramid[docs,testing]

Says who? What are we supposed to do instead now?

cheers,

Chris

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